DoITPoMS - TLP Library Dielectric materials

Dielectric materials

This teaching and learning package will introduce you to the properties and uses of dielectric materials.

	Aims Before you start Introduction Electric dipoles Polarisation mechanisms Capacitors The dielectric constant Variation of the dielectric constant in alternating fields Effect of structure on the dielectric constant Effect of temperature on the dielectric constant Loss in dielectrics Dielectric breakdown Applications of dielectrics Summary Questions Going further

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First created: 14 August 2008. Revised: 02 April 2009.